Essays on Life of Galileo

Bertolt Brecht in his historical fiction, Life of Galileo, focuses in on the life, struggles and convictions of the famous 17th century scientist, Galileo Galilei. Brecht specifically uses the persecution of Galileo by the Catholic Church and the imagined discussions between Galileo and Andrea Sarti…

The Eyes of Knowledge Bertolt Brecht’s Life of Galileo portrays key incidents within the life of the great Italian physicist, Galileo Galilei. Throughout reading this play, it’s easy to discover the play’s central concern between Galileo and the Roman Catholic Church. The scientist’s “unorthodox” discoveries…

Does the trial of Galileo indicate that the church was hostile to new ideas in science? Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) proved to be the first dramatic example of conflict between science and religion. Galileo introduced and correctly explained the idea- what is the acceleration of a…

The scene 14 in the play specifically depicts the dismal fate of those individuals who attempt to challenge the established status quo in the light of their own rational thinking and radical thoughts. The scene explores the vivid exchanges between Galileo and his “visitor from…

Galileo was born in Pisa, Tuscany, on February 15, 1564. He is the oldest son. He and his family moved to Florence in the early 1570s. He attended a monastery school at Vallombrosa. In 1581 he enrolled in University of Pisa where he would study…

Brecht’s play, Life of Galileo, shows a journey of hardships and struggles faced by Galileo as he tries to build to make the society understand and come to believe the truth about the Earth. The play shows an interesting view into the typical common man’s…

Galileo Galilei was the man who used science and the telescope to prove to the church that the sun is the center of the universe instead of the Earth. In Scene 12, we see the arrival of a new pope Barberini which is a plot…